FAST Fastenal Co
Price (delayed)
$77.61
Market cap
$44.5B
P/E Ratio
38.61
Dividend/share
$1.6
EPS
$2.01
Enterprise value
$44.73B
Fastenal Company is an American company based in Winona, Minnesota. Distributing goods used by other businesses, it has over 2,200 branches throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Europe
Highlights
The debt has contracted by 9% YoY and by 8% from the previous quarter
FAST's equity is up by 8% YoY
The stock's price to earnings (P/E) is 21% more than its 5-year quarterly average of 31.8 and 10% more than its last 4 quarters average of 35.2
Key stats
What are the main financial stats of FAST
Market
Valuations
Earnings
Shares outstanding
573.42M
Market cap
$44.5B
Enterprise value
$44.73B
Price to earnings (P/E)
38.61
Price to book (P/B)
12.29
Price to sales (P/S)
5.89
EV/EBIT
29.52
EV/EBITDA
26.46
EV/Sales
5.93
Revenue
$7.55B
Gross profit
$3.4B
Operating income
$1.51B
Net income
$1.15B
EBIT
$1.52B
EBITDA
$1.69B
Free cash flow
$959.2M
Per share
Balance sheet
Liquidity
EPS
$2.01
EPS diluted
$2
Free cash flow per share
$1.67
Book value per share
$6.31
Revenue per share
$13.18
TBVPS
$8.2
Total assets
$4.7B
Total liabilities
$1.08B
Debt
$485.4M
Equity
$3.62B
Working capital
$2.52B
Debt to equity
0.13
Current ratio
4.67
Quick ratio
1.99
Net debt/EBITDA
0.14
Margins
Efficiency
Dividend
EBITDA margin
22.4%
Gross margin
45.1%
Net margin
15.2%
Operating margin
20%
Return on assets
24.8%
Return on equity
32.6%
Return on invested capital
36.2%
Return on capital employed
37.8%
Return on sales
20.1%
Dividend yield
2.06%
DPS
$1.6
Payout ratio
79.6%
FAST stock price
How has the Fastenal stock price performed over time
Intraday
0.08%
1 week
0.67%
1 month
2.48%
1 year
1.33%
YTD
7.93%
QTD
0.08%
Financial performance
How have Fastenal's revenue and profit performed over time
Revenue
$7.55B
Gross profit
$3.4B
Operating income
$1.51B
Net income
$1.15B
Gross margin
45.1%
Net margin
15.2%
The operating margin fell by 3.8% YoY
The net margin has contracted by 3.2% YoY
The revenue has increased by 2.7% YoY
Growth
What is Fastenal's growth rate over time
Valuation
What is Fastenal stock price valuation
P/E
38.61
P/B
12.29
P/S
5.89
EV/EBIT
29.52
EV/EBITDA
26.46
EV/Sales
5.93
The stock's price to earnings (P/E) is 21% more than its 5-year quarterly average of 31.8 and 10% more than its last 4 quarters average of 35.2
The P/B is 20% higher than the 5-year quarterly average of 10.2 and 7% higher than the last 4 quarters average of 11.5
FAST's equity is up by 8% YoY
The stock's price to sales (P/S) is 20% more than its 5-year quarterly average of 4.9 and 9% more than its last 4 quarters average of 5.4
The revenue has increased by 2.7% YoY
Efficiency
How efficient is Fastenal business performance
FAST's return on equity is down by 5% year-on-year and by 2.1% since the previous quarter
The ROS has decreased by 3.8% YoY
FAST's ROA is down by 2.4% YoY
Dividends
What is FAST's dividend history
DPS
$1.6
Dividend yield
2.06%
Payout ratio
79.6%
Recent dividends
Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield
Financial health
How did Fastenal financials performed over time
The current ratio is up by 6% since the previous quarter and by 2.2% year-on-year
The total liabilities fell by 5% QoQ and by 2.9% YoY
The debt is 87% less than the equity
FAST's debt to equity is down by 19% year-on-year and by 13% since the previous quarter
The debt has contracted by 9% YoY and by 8% from the previous quarter
All financial data is based on trailing twelve months (TTM) periods - updated quarterly, unless otherwise
specified. Data from 
and Sharadar.